Today is Sunday. I didn’t make it to church. In actual fact, for one reason or another, I haven’t made it to church since Christmas. I do believe that regular attendance at a worship service or home group is pretty much essential as a Christian. Not to BE a Christian but as an important part of our walk with God.

However, since having a nervous breakdown, I haven’t always been able to attend a regular worship time. It happens. People get housebound, ill or have transport issues. There are lots of reasons why people don’t make it to regular meetings with other Christians.

I have found the internet to be a real blessing for me during this time. Just this morning I read the most AWESOME sermon and I wanted to share it with you. It was titled Daily Quiet Time With God.

What was so great about this particular “sermon” (which was actually a blog post)?

1. It was short. I have trouble taking in long sermons with multiple points. Sometimes a longer explanation is necessary but a lot of the time I find a short sermon with a definite point much more challenging (and therefore effective) than a longer, more involved one. This is even more so the case in the past couple of years as my brain still isn’t able to function fully and so retaining information can be quite a challenge.

2. It said what needed to be said. I’ve noticed a temptation within churches to go softly, softly and dancing around the “hard truths”. I’m not saying that a harsh approach is necessary. But sometimes a “direct, this is how it is” approach is both effective and helpful.

3. There was nothing “holier than thou” or “condemnatory” about it. Isn’t wasn’t, “if you don’t do this, you’re a bad Christian”. It was simply “if this is a problem for you, you need to change your priorities”.

I just wanted to say thanks Trey. We’ve never met and we live thousands of miles apart. And yet you’ve managed to minister to me in a number of ways. In fact, your blog was my inspiration for starting this particular blog.

In case you don’t have time to visit treymorgan.net and read the whole blog post, here is a little excerpt for you:

Let me just simply say that if you can’t find time for God, then it’s time to give your ‘to-do’ list a major overhaul.

I love spending time with God. I like to think we kind of walk together constantly. But it’s a good reminder for me that I need to keep check of where God sits in my order of priorities in life. It’s easy for other stuff to gradually squeeze him to the background. Just like my marriage needs to be more than simply “living together”, my times with God need to be MORE than simply walking together. We need time together that is uninterupted by the day to day goings on in life to REALLY connect.

Dear Lord, Please help me to constantly evaluate my priorities and check that you really are number 1 in every area of my life. Help me to really connect with you in a new and special way each day. Thank you for the blessing of people like Trey Morgan who take time to put their thoughts out there in a way that is accessible to many. Please bless them 100 fold and then some. Amen.

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